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I've read a couple of posts recently talking about the variances in the dyno numbers from stock 1M's. Perhaps quite a few people have taken baseline runs prior to modifications to gauge their power increase, but it appears the stock numbers significantly differ from the numbers provided by BMW.
I'm wondering if anyone knows why? It consistently shows up that the 1M should have 335/340HP depending on where you read it, but some members are doing stock runs pulling near to 380HP. Could this be a low number given by BMW, or a difference in the types and calibrations of dyno machines. I'd love to have my stock stripper dyno'ed, but I don't know of any close by. It's winter here and my M is covered up in the garage until spring, so I find myself over anaylizing. Robert |
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Well, I worked at BMW for almost a decade both in Ca and in the UK and it was mentioned time and time again (internally) that BMW & Mini output figures are a 'guaranteed minimum,' if you lucked in with the super healthy one - then count yourself lucky
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Same thing happens over at Mini alot! I remember a press article in Autocar & Motor, who had a long term Cooper S on test (the newer turbo PSA block model) and I remember them going to a 'rolling road day out' with the Mini Club of GB. The standard car should put out 175BHP & 172lb ft. Their car was putting out 208BHP and 211ft lb.
Naturally they were very impressed, but in the article they made a notable overview that with that power why fork out more for a JCW?!?!? But then maybe JCW's run 230BHP and up - in real life (Should have had my 2010 JCW 'Lucy' dyno'd) Apparently (through the grapevine), some other manufacturers take a handful of output test results, chose the best and publish it globally. BMW seems to stand behind what it can 'definitely' provide. |
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BMW seem to have under egged there power figures a little, it seems plausible that this is the minimum that the 1M puts out.
The other problem is different dyno's give a variety of results the average seems to be between 350-360. Cars putting out 380 as standard points to an over-reading dyno
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I figured that real torque vs advertised tq demonstrates even bigger difference compared to hp difference. Looks like 1M tq is around 550-560 nm stock and reaches to its peak around 2500 not 1500, while advertised number was 500 (450 + 50 with overboost) at 1500 to 4500. Hope this helps.
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BMW may also be cautious regarding hp claims with variance due to climate conditions...ie hot temps. When you are drawing in extra air with turbos, the extra ooomph with cool, dense air is very noticeable. Flogging your car at 60 F vs 95 F feels very different on the butt dyno. There is likely a standard utilized in the industry that I am ignorant too, but forced induction likely creates a broader range.
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Just to clarify, in my case the altitude was like 500 m. above sea level, not too high to make a serious difference, which shouldn't contribute anything more than a single hp or two to the 29-30 whp difference between a M3 and 1M on the same dyno. I think the predominant reason for the manufacturer is always to position the car vs its other brand competitors plus also to rank it vs other inhouse relevant models, so they "round" and "polish" everything a bit, as long as it fits the purpose. Who is gonna prove it otherwise and if they do there will always be scientific justifications (read "conditions")
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Agree with the commentary that there is a desire to slot the car carefully within any given lineup....that factor can always lead to fudging. In an E60 550i, the V8 is claimed to be what, 360 horsepower? The N54 in the 535 needs to make 300.
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326 HP & 372 Ft Lbs (peak torque was at 2200 rpms) stock on a dyno lab machine. This was at 2,200 miles on the engine.
I'm glad BMW is conservative. Look at the mistakes Mazda made with the 3rd gen Miata and the RX-8. They grossly overrated the hp claims and ended up back pedaling with pay offs, free extended warranties, and negative press.
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Yeah I had a rx8 and someone on there forums took the motor out and put it on a engine dyno and it only made 212 hp. Which made since because mine at the time only made 178 whp stock when I had it
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Although the 1m engine is a bit underrated, it is not as underrated as many like to think. Anyone who has played around with 1m's vs m3's on the streets in rolling races, will know that the m3 consistently pulls away at any speed or any roll start in a linear fashion in the way a car with about 30-40hp more horsepower would.
But you need to take into account the weight and the 1m weighs 400 pounds less which is roughly a 40hp equivelent advantage to the 1m So for equivelence the 1m's 330hp plus 40hp gives it 370 hp equivelent hp compared to an m3. 370 is about 40 hp less and exactly how much hp is needed for a car to pull away like the m3 does on the 1m. So while maybe underrated, it probably is within a variance of a true 330 to 350 crank at the most. Dyno turbo cars have such drastic variance compared to a NA motor you can't compare the two |
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So let me start my personal bs on this already dead subject: How do you explain people who owns both and keep on posting here many times over that M3 only walks away after reaching high speeds (200+ km/h) not before (more power at the top and drag difference, just natural), also various reputable magazine comparatives showing that manual to manual 1M and M3are almost identical and 1M is behind a DCT M3 only 0.1 to 0.2 seconds in acceleration tests? (not talking about US junk-industry magazines of course). They all are dreaming and making this stuff out of unexplainable hatred to M3 (which I love by the way)? There are so many contradicting testimonies in internet to yours, you can't really be unaware of all of them by chance! Don't get me wrong I agree totally that this is not a 380 hp car in stock and ultimately M3 is the faster car when it comes to straightline acceleration (on a really long straight) but then how are you explaining lots of dyno results regularly and very similarly putting 1Ms only around 30 whp less than a M3? Because BMW advertised us a 80 hp crank difference between them, isn't it a bit huge real life difference to let go? There are no variances to speak of; it is not like one 1M makes a 330 and another 370; all 1Ms tested in serious workshops have been rated a minimum 350 to usually 360 hp, some optimistic ones getting over 370 even 380. Mine did exact same whp and wtq numbers that GIAC did before tuning theirs, and we had many months, different culture and 10,000 miles in between! By the way, where people get this 400 pounds less myth? Really? An apples to apples 1M vs M3 coupe (manual) weight difference is the plain basic German specific cars with very similar equipment levels (means strippers) and BMW says they have only 85 kg. difference, yes 85 kg., it's like half of what you say, isn't it? Maybe the M3 is a bit overrated by factory don't know that one, owners should investigate but we know enough already that 1M is underrated, it is close to a 10 % level, especially the torque, so BMW played really safe there. Get out of the box a bit when you start trying to make sense my friend and be safe on the streets, keep in mind that we don't like 1M because it is a power monster we love it because it is the most fun recent M car without being a hp champ.
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There is no way a stock MT M3 pulls away from a stock 1M under 100mph... Not from MY experience or scores of published reports. Come again my friend... |
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Cant speak for manual but my DCT walks multiple 1m's from any speed except from 0 as the 1m's can launch better.
Speed has nothing to do with it, as long as the driver of the m3 drives properly and keeps it above 6k rpms, it is quite and easy stride ahead of a 1m time after time. |
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Now, if we use same calculation, same ratio then the E9X M3 is doing what actually, a minimum 370 to maximum 390 hp crank? Instead of 420 ps/414 hp as advertised? I mean if we make 340, isn't it like this? At least one of these assumptions has to be wrong. I believe that there is no way a car (1M) can dyno minimum 10 % more torque than stated but at the same time makes exact same hp as advertised and nothing more. The car is obviously 5 to 10 % underrated in hp (safely speaking) and a minimum 10 % in tq. This is the only logical explanation or for a starter at least M3 guys all should go to courts and sue BMW for false advertisement! I agree with your data which backs mine and others but can not agree with the interpretation. Unless someone shows me some proof that there is (much) more than 30 whp difference between these two cars we are talking about, that's how I tend to interpret the numbers.
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If you're walking a 1M below 80 mph, it's probably because the 1M driver doesn't know when to shift. Unlike the S65 where hp builds up to redline, the N54 hp maxes out at 1,500 rpm below redline and falls off from there.
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I had a E92 M3, now a 1M. (HP4 to be expected late january, early february 2013)
Acceleration will be on par at 200 km/h, over this speed the M3 will slowly walk away. The main reason that the M3 will walk away is; 1 It has got more HP 2 The drag coefficient(Cw) for the 1 M is far more worse (this has never been mentioned before, but it is likely the most important reason) |
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Anyways, the Cw aspect is addressed with the avant garde design of the M2. Here's a spy pic.
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